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Everything which the economist takes from you in the way of life and humanity, he restores to you in the form of money and wealth.
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Sincerity and Authenticity, p. 123

 

Lionel Trilling

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The Value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity.

 

C. S. Lewis

 

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